I Wish Society...

I wish that society could see what it is I see
The struggle of what some peoples’ lives can be
The effort made just to make ends meet
The hard times endured getting back on our feet…
For young couples and parents times are so trying
There’s rent to pay, food to cook and child that is crying
Plus there only kids themselves, still room to grow
There thrown into this situation like they’re supposed to know…
How deal with a relationship and unexpected parenthood
You would not trade places with them if you could
But society is so quick to judge and criticise
The state of their relationships and parenting skills with despise…
But walk a mile in their shoes, should you think you know it all
They’re living a life, which is simply destined to fall
Trust me I know, I live through this each and everyday
Maybe society will see what I do one day…

I wish that society could know what it is I know
Where there children are running, when they feel there’s no where to go
How easy it is to get mind-altering, damaging substances in hand
When they are lost and are feeling no one in the world can understand…
It’s sad you know how many youngsters I have watched slowly turn
While they’ve let the drugs take hold, visualise the soul slowly burn
All because they feel the world it out against to get just them
They have no one to talk to, can’t even trust their own friends…
Using is just so easy, such a quick available escape
And sadly it’s a mistake that these kids commonly make
If only they realised all the resources and places to run
Perhaps but another statistic they could avoid to become…
Suicide, mental illness, and broken down families and lives
Have caused this generation such hate, such strength in their despise
Its so sad to watch from the outside as they fade and demise
Maybe one day society will actually open its eyes…

I wish that society to hear what it is that I hear
These days so many kids hold no regrets or fears
The push to the limits and want to step out of bounds
Locked down in jail, tied up in court is where they are found…
They don’t care a bit, and hold back for no one
No sense of responsibility or remorse just out for some fun
Hurting many others including their families and themselves
A desperate cry for attention, a yearning need for help…
But society for some reason just can’t seem to hear that desperation
They say it’s us and we are out of control, our generation
But truth is that society has forgotten to use one special skill
Its ears to listen and comfort, to provide hope and will…
Perhaps some day people will understand where I’m coming from
This story I tell is of my own life and trying to stand strong
So instead of sweeping under the carpet all its worst fears
Perhaps one day society will try opening up its ears…